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i'm chris matthews up in new york. let me start with the big one. next weiss' first huge bedate between barack obama and mitt romney. no matter what we say now trying to figure this thing out, it's impossible to know what it will feel like when these two men meet, shake hands, and take their positions. the studio where we do "hardball" in washington was the sight of the second great debate between richard nixon and john f. kennedy. right before that debate the kennedy brothers arrived to discover something weird had happened. the temperature was meat locker level. so cold they couldn't believe it and they knew why. kennedy's television adviser went racing to the basement and found nixon's guy standing watch on the thermostat. nixon had sweated in that first debate and it cost him. this time the nixon people were intent on freezing the room so cold that nixon couldn't sweat at all. well, after a standoff in that basement in our headquarters and some threats to call the police, they agreed to bring the temperature up. well, think this stuff doesn't ma
i'm chris matthews up in new york. let me start with the big one. next weiss' first huge bedate between barack obama and mitt romney. no matter what we say now trying to figure this thing out, it's impossible to know what it will feel like when these two men meet, shake hands, and take their positions. the studio where we do "hardball" in washington was the sight of the second great debate between richard nixon and john f. kennedy. right before that debate the kennedy brothers arrived...
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[captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: i'm chris matthews. with me today michael duffy, andrea mitchell, kathleen parker and john harris. what will win the difference? for president obama, here's a short must-do list for the two weeks ahead. number one project what he's done into the positive future. ramp up that positive message. obama backs the middle-class. romney can't wait to help the rich. in monday night's debate especially on the issue of libya. and here's a list for romney, keep asking voters are you better off? present yourself as a strong fixer of voters' economic troubles. and look like a commander in chief. this is a tightened race and romney may be the one on offense right now. >> he has to be because he's still a little bit behind in the key states. his job is fairly simple. 16 days tops. he's got to keep the focus on his economic message of lower taxes for everyone whether that's possible or not the long run. he's got to show on foreign policy that you keep the boat in the channel that's a minimum requirement of doing the job.
[captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: i'm chris matthews. with me today michael duffy, andrea mitchell, kathleen parker and john harris. what will win the difference? for president obama, here's a short must-do list for the two weeks ahead. number one project what he's done into the positive future. ramp up that positive message. obama backs the middle-class. romney can't wait to help the rich. in monday night's debate especially on the issue of libya. and here's a list for romney,...
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>> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> tear down this wall. >> can i hear you. >> the time for change has come. chris: now it comes, not so sweet carolina. under assault from gingrich, perry and the hard right. does mitt romney have the stuff to take it? and build on it? he's got the money e. the family, the looks. but does he have it inside? can he show us there's more there than meets the eye? mow down politics. why are south carolina politics so down and dirty? it's where lee atwater honed his smear campaign skills, people hooked up to justifier calls and turning a murderer into michael dukakis' running mate? what makes this state for everybody that wants to be president the messiest place of all? and they want more than anything to beat obama. is this why evangelicals say they will be solid for mitt romney? does the desire for victory in november trump their dislike of his religion? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "time" magazine's michael duffy. the christian scientist monitor's liz marlantes. nbc's kelly o'd
>> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> tear down this wall. >> can i hear you. >> the time for change has come. chris: now it comes, not so sweet carolina. under assault from gingrich, perry and the hard right. does mitt romney have the stuff to take it? and build on it? he's got the money e. the family, the looks. but does he have it inside? can he show us there's more there than meets the eye? mow down...
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this is what chris matthews said. >> hold o. we watch the president do this very intricate response to what the mayor of newark said yesterday, which i think was an act of sabotage. whatever the intention was, he was trashing the entire obama campaign of the summer in one appearance on "meet the press." let's watch the the presidentt, trying to defend himself against what looked like a betrayal. >> the claim that his work as head of bain was a great preparation for the presidency is not true. now, why don't we have the whole cabinet doing it? why don't we have democratic governors and senators and members of congress? i would have thought an orchestra leader would have been important. you do saturday, you do the women on saturday and you do the minorities on monday. >> what a stalin list. it is not criticism, it's betrayal. should he be giving campaign advice to his hero from a person on cable news? >> first impression, isn't liberal tolerance fun? they preach to republicans and conservative it is --s about the need for toleranc
this is what chris matthews said. >> hold o. we watch the president do this very intricate response to what the mayor of newark said yesterday, which i think was an act of sabotage. whatever the intention was, he was trashing the entire obama campaign of the summer in one appearance on "meet the press." let's watch the the presidentt, trying to defend himself against what looked like a betrayal. >> the claim that his work as head of bain was a great preparation for the...
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hi, i'm chris matthews. with us, hdnet's dan rather. nia-malika henderson from "the washington post." and nbc's pete williams. the euphoria of the bill's victorious passage has a far less optimistic view. >> it's the law. the president signs the health care bill adds supporters cheer and critics vow their argument. the argument whether the health care argument is constitutional at all. chris: take us inside the court, pete williams. you were there. electric. it's called a hot bench. it's really feverish. >> it was. everyone had a lot of questions. the justice had to play traffic cop and they had to say which one would go next. there was one point when justice kagan was interrupted. the so lister -- chris: he gave different signals this week. one was a real resistance this week of the president's individual mandate requiring us to get health insurance. on the other hand he seemed to question what if they don't get insurance? >> maybe there is something different about the health care industry. you go to the hospital, they treat you anywa
hi, i'm chris matthews. with us, hdnet's dan rather. nia-malika henderson from "the washington post." and nbc's pete williams. the euphoria of the bill's victorious passage has a far less optimistic view. >> it's the law. the president signs the health care bill adds supporters cheer and critics vow their argument. the argument whether the health care argument is constitutional at all. chris: take us inside the court, pete williams. you were there. electric. it's called a hot...
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i'm chris matthews back in washington. let me start tonight with two big questions, "hardball" questions if you will. one, why? why did what happened last night happen? why did a president who has proven himself as a policy expert and world class politician let the other guy take charge? because if he can't answer that question, he may be doomed to defeat in the remaining two debat debates. second big question, can a victory over the facts of last night's debate, what was true and what was not, turn the tables now? can barack obama win by getting out the word he didn't get out last night? and both are big questions tonight that might just decide this presidential election. i'm joined by governor ed rendell and ron reagan, both msnbc analysts. this is a tough blog by a guy who has been very strong for obama over the years. andrew sullivan of the daily beast. he wrote this last night, basically just at the end of the debate. this was a dissaster for the president for the key people he needs to reach. his effete wonkish lectu
i'm chris matthews back in washington. let me start tonight with two big questions, "hardball" questions if you will. one, why? why did what happened last night happen? why did a president who has proven himself as a policy expert and world class politician let the other guy take charge? because if he can't answer that question, he may be doomed to defeat in the remaining two debat debates. second big question, can a victory over the facts of last night's debate, what was true and...
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hi, i'm chris matthews. with us today, michael duffy of "time" magazine, liz marlantes of the "christian science monitor," patricia murphy and david leonhardt. six months from the election but the pros know voters are locking in right now, believe it or not the 2/3 are already telling pollsters they've made their final choice and most have the horse race obama-romney, very close. we're looking inside it today. maybe the exee is white voters. when he won last time barack obama got 43% of white voters. in this week's wall street journal poll he got 40%. whites it -- have tipped dramatic throy romney. 42% said they would be pessimistic abandon worried if probe was re-elected but only 22% said they would be if romney won the what's going on? had >> barack obama did not get a big majority of white voters last time and he's not going to get it this time. his main problem is white men. he's running closer to 34%, 35%. he's losing white men both under age 50 and if ne make less than $50,000 a year and it's very hard
hi, i'm chris matthews. with us today, michael duffy of "time" magazine, liz marlantes of the "christian science monitor," patricia murphy and david leonhardt. six months from the election but the pros know voters are locking in right now, believe it or not the 2/3 are already telling pollsters they've made their final choice and most have the horse race obama-romney, very close. we're looking inside it today. maybe the exee is white voters. when he won last time barack...
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i do think that what you saw chris matthews do is what chris matthews does. i've been on "hardball," a few times. he yells, interrupts, he pushes you really hard questions. chris matthews is not a polite interviewer that asks you once and you ge away with it. i and i would say if -- and i would say that if you think the rnc chairman is foreignizing, as you put it, what are you supposed to do? not call him out on it? >> you're supposed to let him answer the question. you're supposed to make your point and then let the man answer the question. now -- >> but not if you're doing chris matthews style, which is what o'reilly doesn't want -- i've been on with happnnity -- >> fox has real news people reporting. msnbc has these people anchoring the coverage. there's a difference. msnbc has bret baier and fair news people. they put out chris matthews as their news person? >> first of all, this wasn't anchoring -- this of not anchoring right now -- >> he is anchoring later on -- >> this is not brzezinski -- did he do it during the anchoring? >> no, the same thing. he ha
i do think that what you saw chris matthews do is what chris matthews does. i've been on "hardball," a few times. he yells, interrupts, he pushes you really hard questions. chris matthews is not a polite interviewer that asks you once and you ge away with it. i and i would say if -- and i would say that if you think the rnc chairman is foreignizing, as you put it, what are you supposed to do? not call him out on it? >> you're supposed to let him answer the question. you're...
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. >> let me bring in chris matthews who is host of "hardball." good morning, from where you're sitting what is going on here? >> well, it was a very tough week, as vic pointed out. an unemployment rate that's going up. if it continues to go up, obama will probably lose the election, and that's a fact. so he's got to hope the unemployment number doesn't keep rising. it's 8.2. it was 8.1 the month before in april. very bad news about the first quarter. growth of less than 2%. who would have believed this economy would be growing at less than 2% this year? this is really tough -- a tough track for the president to win on because most of the time the american people choose a president when they have to have a second-term choice on how's he doing? they judge him as a referendum, like a baseball manager decides whether to keep a pitcher on the monday or not or to go to the bull pen. they don't focus on whether the guy in the bull pen's throwing harder than the guy throwing on the mound. the guy on the mound, leaving too many men on, count going too lon
. >> let me bring in chris matthews who is host of "hardball." good morning, from where you're sitting what is going on here? >> well, it was a very tough week, as vic pointed out. an unemployment rate that's going up. if it continues to go up, obama will probably lose the election, and that's a fact. so he's got to hope the unemployment number doesn't keep rising. it's 8.2. it was 8.1 the month before in april. very bad news about the first quarter. growth of less than...
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i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us new york magazine's john heilemann. cnn's gloria borger. the grio and msnbc's joy reid. and the huffington post howard fineman. first up, here we are in the time capsule. the weekend before the election asking why is this so close? still so unpredictable. both men face big hurdles to getting elected and that's why it's so close. president obama's got the jobless he inherited but can't quite beat. friday's new jobs report was encouraging but gains are still behind what we need. in a reflection of that, 62% of voters say they would like or want major changes in an obama second term. and on the other side, mitt romney's a challenge that normally blocks any presidential candidate. not even 30% of voters think he understands the average american. john, these are amazing handicaps. the unemployment situation still high. sort of remoteness of mitt romney from the voter. they both carry these burdens. is this why it's so close? >> yes. in one word. and i'll give you a few more. what the president has been unbootable incumbent f
i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us new york magazine's john heilemann. cnn's gloria borger. the grio and msnbc's joy reid. and the huffington post howard fineman. first up, here we are in the time capsule. the weekend before the election asking why is this so close? still so unpredictable. both men face big hurdles to getting elected and that's why it's so close. president obama's got the jobless he inherited but can't quite beat. friday's new jobs report was encouraging but gains...
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chris matthews, host of hard baum. chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. nbc news political director, chuck todd, host of "the daily rundown." and the "washington post's" eugene robinson. good morning to all of you. >> morning. >> morning. >> chris, let me start with you, is it possible to even overstate how important this is to millions of americans, of course, who will be affected by it, but of course to barack obama as well, personally, his legacy, the capital he spent to get this passed. give us so perspective on this. well, i mean, getting rid of health care, if they strike it down, phone they strike down the individual mandate it is almost like striking down the reagan tax cuts during the reagan -- the main piece of what he came to office to do was health care in many ways. it was the landmark accomplishment of this administration. the republicans will be able to argue a lot against him if this is struck down. they will be able to say he behaved unconstitution
chris matthews, host of hard baum. chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. nbc news political director, chuck todd, host of "the daily rundown." and the "washington post's" eugene robinson. good morning to all of you. >> morning. >> morning. >> chris, let me start with you, is it possible to even overstate how important this is to millions of americans, of course, who will be affected by it, but...
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what chris matthews does, he's a lying, dishonest pn,
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up next, "hardball with chris matthews. rousing romney. let's play "hardball." i'm chris matthews, back in washington, leading off tonight, two of the tax cutters, who is this man the republicans want as their president, is he someone of deep purpose of useful purpose. would he simply be there to put his signature on the tax cuts. would it be like w., a mouth piece for the hogs. just a guy with a useful test nation. why did the openly gay spokesman have to quit? he is openly gay, and the family values types were having none of it. plus hillary clinton and the extraordinary drama in beijing. she is out front in a way we have not seen in her nearly four years of diplomacy. s it's her chance to be right out front in the front pages if things go wrong. why are the republicans so frantic over the bin laden victory lap? simply they have been the daddy party for the last 60 years and can't afford to lose ground. what's left? hope that the economy tanks for them. let me finish with if mitt romney is a genuine article or a vessel that will be used once he is in office. m
up next, "hardball with chris matthews. rousing romney. let's play "hardball." i'm chris matthews, back in washington, leading off tonight, two of the tax cutters, who is this man the republicans want as their president, is he someone of deep purpose of useful purpose. would he simply be there to put his signature on the tax cuts. would it be like w., a mouth piece for the hogs. just a guy with a useful test nation. why did the openly gay spokesman have to quit? he is openly gay,...
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." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in los angeles. let me start tonight with this. we know how mitt romney is without a script the words that come in to his head like the 47% stuff that came out in may is bad. his default switch says blame the little guy, call him a parasite. gifts, that's what the little guy wants. the older person, the hard up youth, pay up, scratch, cross their palms and they will pull the lever for you. cash and carry. smart conservatives know this is no way to treat a potential voter. it was put this way in the "new york post." romney didn't say the election came out as it did because obama's team outplayed and outfoxed his. he should have because that's the truth. he said obama won the second term through essentially bribery. i have three rules for both parties as they converge to do their jobs. respect the vote are. respect each other's offices and search hard for common ground. that's what we should be doing and guiding our country's conversation. not trashing the people who voted against you but respecting the fact that they did for your ow
." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in los angeles. let me start tonight with this. we know how mitt romney is without a script the words that come in to his head like the 47% stuff that came out in may is bad. his default switch says blame the little guy, call him a parasite. gifts, that's what the little guy wants. the older person, the hard up youth, pay up, scratch, cross their palms and they will pull the lever for you. cash and carry. smart conservatives know this is no...
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president, you broke chris matthews. now nobody can use him. (applause) admittedly mathews is runs a not a machine, everyone knows he is a simple potato battery. but still, he likes you. and even the people who don't like you were some what stunned at the poor performance. even osama bin laden from the bottom of his watery grave watched and was like that's the guy that killed me? (laughter) really? mr. look down at the paper all night, shot me in the face. here's what's perhaps most maddening. for the past year and a half you, mr. president, have inundated this country with urgent e-mails begging for support and money and energy and money and money and money. and it's not just the number of e-mails, it's the intensity of their content this is our one shot. say you're in. your response is critical. i can't do this on my own. and by the way, you made that you bund antley clear last night-- but the point is this, you and your campaign have demanded a level of effort, urgency and relentlessness from your supporters. a level of urgency and relentles
president, you broke chris matthews. now nobody can use him. (applause) admittedly mathews is runs a not a machine, everyone knows he is a simple potato battery. but still, he likes you. and even the people who don't like you were some what stunned at the poor performance. even osama bin laden from the bottom of his watery grave watched and was like that's the guy that killed me? (laughter) really? mr. look down at the paper all night, shot me in the face. here's what's perhaps most maddening....
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hi, i'm chris matthews. happy new year and welcome to the show. with us today, the national journal's major garret, cnn's gory borger, kelly o'donnell and david ignatius. happy new year. we have been looking forward to this presidential election year it seems forever. finally, we're on the verge of the first voting. we want to give you a road map for the rest of this year. no matter who the republicans choose ultimately, voters will have to decide whether to trust barack obama with for more years. his low poll numbers and his people say that he must begin to tear down the opposition. so it stands to be a historically negative year. right now it looks like you would have to go back to nixon-mcgovern in 1972 to find a year when americans faced their presidential ballot so dismayed by what is confronting them. major, this year, how negative is this going to get between now and november? >> the president doesn't have much of a record to run on. he intends to define the choice, not about what he has done, but what a republican would do that would be ev
hi, i'm chris matthews. happy new year and welcome to the show. with us today, the national journal's major garret, cnn's gory borger, kelly o'donnell and david ignatius. happy new year. we have been looking forward to this presidential election year it seems forever. finally, we're on the verge of the first voting. we want to give you a road map for the rest of this year. no matter who the republicans choose ultimately, voters will have to decide whether to trust barack obama with for more...
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>> this is "the chris matthews show." [captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: the empire strikes back. the great result of watergate was that it prompted big money out of politics. four decade later, oceans of cash are flooding back in. all but totally illegal because of the supreme court's decision. it's become a force in the romney-obama race. will we ever see the last of this? who do you honor? did richard nixon help create today's climate where all politicians are suspect, none earn our deep respect. and finally, a change of fortune. within the space of two weeks, the conventional wisdom has swung right ward. mitt romney's odds are now drastically improved. is this for real. with us, the "the huffington post," howard fineman, the "the christian science monitor"'s liz marlantes, the "washington post"'s david ignatius and nbc news' kelly o'donnell. few could have seen the fallout of watergate would infect the presidential election of 2012. first, when it comes to the oceans of outside money we see in this cam
>> this is "the chris matthews show." [captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: the empire strikes back. the great result of watergate was that it prompted big money out of politics. four decade later, oceans of cash are flooding back in. all but totally illegal because of the supreme court's decision. it's become a force in the romney-obama race. will we ever see the last of this? who do you honor? did richard nixon help create today's climate where all politicians are...
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hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, abc's sam donaldson, nbc's andrea mitchell, msnbc s.e. cupp and joe klein. the new jobs report gives the obama campaign a much-needed assist after the debacle wednesday night in denver. the debate's closing statements told the tale. the president was down and mitt romney was up. >> you know, four years ago we were going through a major crisis, and yet my faith and confidence in the american future is undiminished. >> it's an important election and i'm concerned about america. i'm concerned about the direction america has been taking over the last four years. what kind of america do you want to have for yourself and your children? chris: and the impact wednesday night can be seen at least four ways. first the media consensus, from the left, center and right. the media called the president's performance a failure and say mitt romney may get a second look now. second, the g.o.p. got a lift. the entire party from fundraising got a pick me up. third, first impressions. voter
hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, abc's sam donaldson, nbc's andrea mitchell, msnbc s.e. cupp and joe klein. the new jobs report gives the obama campaign a much-needed assist after the debacle wednesday night in denver. the debate's closing statements told the tale. the president was down and mitt romney was up. >> you know, four years ago we were going through a major crisis, and yet my faith and confidence in the american future is undiminished. >> it's...
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i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "time" magazine's joe klein. the bbc's katty kay. cnbc's kelly evans. and "the washington post's" david ignatius. first up, we're staring down at the wind tunnel now but historic perfect political storm in the coming nine days of this campaign. and these closing days when we played out in mind games on both sides. the president saying he jist wants to hold on -- he just wants to hold on. >> what we have is a lead that we've maintained throughout this campaign. and we are going to just continue to drive home the message that there are two fundamentally different choices in this election. about where we take the country. chris: and he's on the air with a fear factor ad. >> 537. the number of votes that changed the course of american history. >> florida is too close to call. >> so this year, if you're thinking that your vote doesn't count, that it won't matter. well, back then, there were probably at least 537 people who felt the same way. make your voice heard. vote. chris: mitt romney's mind game is to call heavil
i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "time" magazine's joe klein. the bbc's katty kay. cnbc's kelly evans. and "the washington post's" david ignatius. first up, we're staring down at the wind tunnel now but historic perfect political storm in the coming nine days of this campaign. and these closing days when we played out in mind games on both sides. the president saying he jist wants to hold on -- he just wants to hold on. >> what we have is a lead...